Mullens Adult Is First To Earn Eagle Scout Rank
George W. Biggs, 29, married father of a son and electrician at the Mullens Shops of the Virginian Railway, becomes the first adult in Mullens Boy Scout Troop 121 to qualify for the Eagle badge. The ceremony at Ben Dunman School followed a candlelight court of honor, with George M. Nolley presenting the insignia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George W. Biggs
Mullens
Jean Biggs
George
Virginian Railway
Sammy Blair Haga
Jimmy Wade
Jack Dunlap
Darrell Dunn
Explorer
Watt Carr
Charlie Kidd
R. W. Kirby
Biggs
Ben Dunman School
George M. Nolley
First Methodist Church
Pat Mason
Jackie Jenkins
Sammy Barton
Raymond Kliaber
Gary Houck
Miss Edna Collins Weds Robert Pratt
Miss Edna Faith Collins of Charlottesville and Robert Vance Pratt of Evansville Ind wed at Westminister Church Charlottesville on Oct 22 at 4 30 p m The ceremony featured white flowers fern palms and candelabra with Ralph Stoughton as chosen musician and Elizabeth Shanklin as soloist The bride wore Chantilly lace over satin with seed pearl embroidery and a fingertip veil She carried a white lace fan The couple will reside in Evansville Ind where Pratt works on The Evansville Courier news staff
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Scarbro
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Charlottesville
Edna Faith Collins
Robert Vance Pratt
Evansville
Ind
Elbert Scott Collins
E. S. Collins
Gaylord L. Whitney
Rives Junction
Mich
Norman C. Pratt
Wilmington
Del
Jan W. Owen
Ralph Stoughton
Elizabeth Shanklin
Harold E. Hensley
Falls Church
Carrie V. Nunnally
Frederick DeLong
Norolk
Alan Burns
W. Wesley Clegg
Harry N. Lewis
Lindsay Mount
Jackson
Monticello Hotel
Edwin §. Roseberry
Emma Jean Wilson
William C. Coppage
Arlington
Medical College of Virginia School of Nursing
Richmond
University of California
American University
United States Army Air Corps
Pratt
Ellison Funeral Set at Lansing
Funeral services for Miss Elizabeth Susan Ellison 73 of Lansing were to be held at 2 p.m. today at Good Hope Baptist Church with Rev J W Bragg officiating. Burial followed in Good Hope Cemetery. Miss Ellison died Saturday at home after a long illness. Born in Fayette County in 1882 she was the daughter of Morris B and Lucinda Wood Ellison. Survivors include brothers Alexander S Lansing Cecil and William L Oakill.
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Lansing
RNL
Elizabeth Susan Ellison
Good Hope Baptist Church
J. W. Bragg
Good Hope
Ellison
Fayette County
Morris B
Lucinda Wood Ellison
Alexander S
Cecil
William L
Oakill
Board Calls One Mullens for Medical Examination
Oliver Ru ben Gentry and Glen Rogers volunteer have been ordered to report for a physical examination on Wednesday, as announced by local Selective Service Board No. 21.
McNeely Rites At Pax Tuesday
Funeral services for Mrs. Daisy Ester McNeely 70 Long Branch will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Church of Christ Pax with Rev. Blaine Cook officiating. Burial in Knights of Pythias Cemetery Pax. She died Saturday night at her son Burt McNeelys home of a heart condition. She was born in Long Branch August 8 1885 daughter of George W and Saloma Curtis. Survived by two brothers two sisters 12 grandchildren and six great grandchildren. Pallbearers listed. Nieces to carry flowers.
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Long Branch
RNL
Daisy Ester McNeely
Church of Christ
Pax
Blaine Cook
East Rainelle
Knights of Pythias
Church of Christ At
George W
Saloma Curtis
Isom E. McNeely
Bress Thompson
California
Luther Thompson
Princeton
Lessie Wright
Elizabeth Craddock
F. Sanford McNeely
Mount Hope
Burt McNeely
Clemma Wade
Julian
Orlan McNeely
Itmann
Bernard McNeely
Charleston
Hilda Godby
Saint Petersburg
Fla
Freda Davis
Sophia
Lillian Dean
New Orleans
Tyree
Oak Hill
Burt
Ray Thompson
Eldridge Craddock
Besleigh Thompson
A. W. Pettry
Ernest Billups
Dace Argiabright
Coal River Roundup in Stickney and Rock Creek
STICKNEY RNS Mrs C P Spencer and son Allen visited Mr and Mrs Ray Bradford Stickney and a daughter and family Mr and Mrs Pat Hale Ed wight. Mrs Ellen Pettry Rock Creek admitted Beckley Hospital Friday. Mr and Mrs Buster Bradley Rock Creek and Mrs Bradley's mother Mrs Joe Broome Arnett visiting Mrs Myra Harlin Sparta Tenn and relatives. Miss June Blankenship Arnett visiting cousins Rock Creek. Matthew Combs Akron Ohio visiting parents Mr and Mrs Bryan Combs Mount View Hill.
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Stickney
C. P. Spencer
Allen
Ray Bradford
Pat Hale
Edwight
J. L. Bradford
Rock Creek
Ellen Pettry
Beckley Hospital
Buster Bradley
Bradley
Joe Broome
Arnett
Broome
Myra Harlin
Sparta
Tenn
June Blankenship
Shirley
Carol Sue Blankenship
Matthew Combs
Akron
Bryan Combs
Mount View Hill
Ladies Auxiliary Meeting at Cameron Church
The Ladies Auxiliary of the Freewill Baptist Church in Cameron met in the regular work room. Mrs. Nida Chambers led devotion and hymns, with prayers by Mrs. Dorothy Adkins. A quilt was prepared for Mrs. Lomer Miller of Carteret, N. J. A covered dish dinner followed for a group including Mrs. Merle Cryus, Mrs. Beulah Lucas, Mrs. Ella Hopkins, Mrs. Priscilla Pettry, Mrs. Rose Lucas, Mrs. Dorothy Adkins, Mrs. Nida Chambers, Mrs. Elsa Sauls, Mrs. Effie Cook, Mrs. Mary Honaker, and Mrs. Pink Gibson.
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Cameron
ANS
Freewill Baptist Church
Nida Chambers
Dorothy Adkins
Lomer Miller
Carteret
N. J
Merle Cryus
Beulah Lucas
Ella Hopkins
Priscilla Pettry
Rose Lucas
Elsa Sauls
Effie Cook
Mary Honaker
Pink Gibson
Anna Mercer’s Rites Set Today
Funeral services for Mrs. Anna Yates Mercer, 55, slated for noon at Robertson and Fogelsong chapel. The Rev. R. J. Chenoweth to officiate. Burial in Steele Cemetery on Burks Mountain near Keystone. Died Friday in Johns Hopkins Hospital Baltimore after living there about a year following residence in Mullens. Survived by several children.
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Mullens
RNS
Anna Yates Mercer
Robertson and Fogelsong
R. J. Chenoweth
Steele
Burks Mountain
Keystone
McKinney Rites Set for Tuesday
Funeral services for Mrs. Ella McKinney age 62 of Rockview will be held Tuesday at 2 p.m. at Old Spruce Grove Church Basin with Rev. Tom Ellis officiating. Burial will follow in Spruce Grove cemetery. The Robertson and Foglesong Funeral Home announced the arrangements. Mrs. McKinney died Sunday in a Beckley hospital. Surviving are her husband Ed two sons James and Herbert both of Rockview six daughters and a brother and four sisters from several nearby towns.
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Rockview
Claude Bailey
Lamar
Earl Folden
Herndon
Ralph Pendry
Henry Akers
Widemouth
James Conley
Narrows
Clayton Cook
Keyrock
Clifton McKinney
Princeton
Kelly McKinney
Basin
L. H. Hood
Detroit
Fred Flintchem
Grady Via
Matoaka
Office moved Mount Hope Fayette County Cancer Center
The Fayette County Cancer Information Center moved its office from Fayetteville to the Walkup building opposite the MacDonald Drug Store in Mount Hope. Director Mrs John Miller asks volunteers or program contacts be directed to the office at telephone 858 or to her home at 610W-12.
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Mount Hope
Fayette County
Cancer Information Center
Fayetteville
MacDonald Drug Store
John Miller
Firemen Answer 3 Weekend Calls
Mullens Volunteer Fire Department answered three out of town fires over the weekend. The first at 2 am Saturday destroyed a frame home owned by Mrs Ida Thomas while the Thomases were visiting in Mercer County. A second alarm at 4 30 am Sunday at the Caloric home of Walter Adkins involved a closet full of clothes damaged by fire with neighbors aiding with a garden hose. The third blaze occurred after 8 am Sunday at the Ram sey home of R W Ramsey caused by a defective flue with only slight damages. the building belongs to J J Blankenship of Mullens.
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Mullens
ANS
Bud
Ida Thomas
Thomases
Mercer County
Walter Adkins
Bill Goad
Smen
Adkins
Corinne
R. W. Ramsey
J. J. Blankenship
Fayette Woman Taken by Death
Mrs. Clara Lillian Turner perished at 7 30 p m Friday in a Jackson Michigan hospital while visiting her son Sherman. Born September 16 1888 in Virginia she was a Baptist. Survived by one brother Charles McCormick two sons Sherman Clyde Landisburg and four daughters W H Rogers Cindy Fayetteville Mrs Ernest Propps Albuquerque NM and Mrs Garry Wheeler Port Norris NJ. Funeral 2 30 p m Tuesday at Kaymoor Community Church with two ministers officiating. Burial in Huse Memorial Park. Body to remain at Thomas Funeral Home Oak Hill until one hour before services Thursday then moved to church.
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Oak Hill
RNS
Clara Lillian Turner
Fayetteville
Jackson
Mich
Turner
Sherman
The
Baptist Church
Virginia
Andrew Jackson
Myrie Tyree McCormick Jackson
Charles McCormick
Marfrance
Clyde
Landisburg
W. H. Rogers
Cinco
Ernest Propps
Robert A. Cottle
Albuquerque
N. Mex
Garry Wheeler
Port Norris
N. J
Kaymoor
B. B. Breitenhirt
James F. Frame
Huse Memorial Park
Thomas Funeral Home
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Mullens First Methodist Church
George Nolley
Edna Collins
Robert Pratt
Frances R. Jones
Helen A. Porter
Dorothy A. Shaw
Dorothy L. Wade
Norfolk
Maid of Honor
Cash & Carry
McNeely
Coal River
Luke
Confectioners
Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Company OF
West Virginia
Ladies’ Auxiliary
Af Cameron
Anna Mercer
Fayette
Siag
American Oil. Company
Westinghouse
Superior Sterling Co
Ally
Beckley
W. VA
Pagoda
Lewisburg
the Valley Company
Bluefield
Davenport
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